Rod and reel for upcoming Fly-in to Canada

[JesseParker1]

Hey guys and gals!

I wanted to get some "expert" advice from all you folks today. I am a muskie fishherman that is going to Canada for a 8 day fishing trip and would like to pick up a decent rod/reel. I have been looking a ton of different options, so I thought i woudl go to the source.

Rememeber I really only walleye fish a couple times a year so I dont want to drop as much as my Thorne Bros custom rod, but something nice that i can get a lot of feel from.

Thanks!

[OnAFly]

Fenwick HMGs are a hundred bucks. Put a Pflueger Pres on there and you've got an awesome walleye set-up for ~160 or so.

[Northlander]

For a good jiggin rod I would look into the Limit Creek "Smoothie" and then toss a good reel like the President or a mid range Shimano. Should be able to do it in the $150 range.

[goblueM]

or, what i would do is get a bix box store combo, such as C-store's Tourney Trail rods with a quantum/shimano reel

decent for the price (60-100 bucks, depending on the setup) and you won't have to worry about abusing it on a fly-in.

might just be me but I've never felt the need to take a really nice rod to Canada for jigging walleyes or casting cranks

[JesseParker1]

I ended up going with a 6'3 St. Croix Avid with a Pfluger Presidental XT. I think that that will be just fine!

[JesseParker1]

I ended up going with a 6'3 St. Croix Avid with a Pfluger Presidental XT. I think that that will be just fine!

[NCLaker]

You should be very happy with that combo. Good luck in Canada

[dfv87]

You will love that reel for the cost... PFlueger makes some nice stuff... for the price point especially.